| Re: Grouping Program Modules [message #35315 is a reply to message #35312] |
Fri, 30 May 2003 13:36  |
David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001
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Paul van Delst (paul.vandelst@noaa.gov) writes:
> For most things I would agree. But for the case of data structures, I prefer to think of
> grouping routines in a single file in terms of their dependencies. E.g., if I define a
> structure, I want the data object constructor and its methods in the same file --
> independent of the language. That seems more logical to me.
This must be a result of hanging around FORTRAN like
you do, Paul. With other languages (including, especially,
IDL) most of us oldsters have learned that "what makes
sense" doesn't always correlate well with "what works". :-)
Cheers,
David
P.S. Not that I'm a big fan of "what works" programming.
Goodness, some of the IDL code I have seen... Makes your
hair stand on end, just as if someone where screeching
their fingernails along the blackboard. (Whoops! Sorry,
that's an analogy that only about three people here are going
to understand.)
--
David W. Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Phone: 970-221-0438, E-mail: david@dfanning.com
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